Finding Mr. Goodbar

Christin Yazzie didn't win a trip to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory with her golden ticket, but she won a new car.

The Chaparral High School senior walked out of the 7-Eleven on Boulder Highway and Desert Inn Road on Jan. 13, with a Mr. Goodbar. When an official from the Hershey's "25 SUVs in 25 Days" contest asked her to produce a Hershey's label in less than 30 seconds, she showed him the candy bar and he handed Yazzie keys to a new car.

However, those keys didn't come attached to the vehicle. She has to wait until mid-March to receive it, until she gets her license to drive it and for three years until her father lets her have it.

The magnitude of what she's won hasn't quite settled with the 17-year-old. She was one of three teen-agers who won vehicles during the nationwide contest.

"I'm just waiting for my Jeep to come," Yazzie said. "I'm trying to be patient."

In the meantime, Yazzie and her father Dave are trying to come up with approximately $2,000 in taxes necessary to make them a two-car family.

"It's real and unreal at the same time," Yazzie said. "It's real because it's getting closer to the time when I'm going to receive my Jeep. It's unreal because I actually won something like that."

Yazzie, a native of Arizona, moved to Las Vegas four years ago. An aspiring nurse, Yazzie will drive her father's truck until he feels she's old enough to take the Jeep.

Yazzie's not worried. For her, something is better than nothing.

"It could happen to anybody," she said. "It just happened to be me this time."


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